SIDI BOUZID: The Tunisian Cultural Action Association (ATAC) started, in collaboration with the Border Crossings organization and the Higher Institute of Technological Studies (ISET) of Sidi Bouzid, the organization of a series of actions aimed at pushing international organizations defending the rights of migrants and refugees and human rights in general to call on the European Union to keep its international commitments towards migrants.
In this context, the film Suppliants of Syria (2024) was screened, Friday afternoon, in ISET in Sidi Bouzid in the presence of its director Michael Walling.
The film depicts the life of Syrian refugees in Turkey and in European countries and highlights the various injustices they suffer as well as the position of lawyers and international organizations in the face of these abuses.
In a statement to TAP, Riadh Abidi, program manager within the association, said that the European migration policy is based on strengthening border control.
He added that the association plan
s to organize a series of meetings to discuss ways to put pressure on the EU so that it acts fairly and justly towards migrants and asylum seekers.
Participants called on international organizations to ensure humane conditions for asylum seekers and migrants as well as defend their rights without discrimination.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse